Margaret and Casey Brewer are worried that their father's plant experiments are more dangerous than he's letting on.

A charming story about the relationship between two plants and their carers.

Readers are invited to imagine the dramatic possibilities to be found in the natural world, even the humblest back garden! With exquisitely-detailed illustration that will appeal to children and art-lovers alike, and a wonderfully playful invented language, we soon find ourselves speaking "Bug" ... Du iz tak? What is that?

When Swift Fox's father picks her up to go visit her aunties, uncles, and cousins, her belly is already full of butterflies. And when he tells her that today is the day that she'll learn how to be Mi'kmaq, the butterflies grow even bigger. Though her father reassures her that Mi'kmaq is who she is from her eyes to her toes, Swift Fox doesn't understand what that means.

One morning, a seed suddenly and unexpectedly appears in the garden that Jack and his friends call home. The seed starts to grow, sprouting a stem, leaves, and roots... Yvonne the mole, ColeIe the ant and the Field Mice family are all convinced that the seed spells disaster. As its roots continue to spread, ceilings crack and paths become unwalkable. The inhabitants of the garden make a bold decision: they are going to cut the plant down! Thankfully,...

Jim and Jilli plant their vegetable garden with some assistance from their dog Fiercely--but one unidentified seed is growing into a monster plant.

A class that is terribly disappointed in their lack of a class pet discovers that having a class plant is the best thing ever.

Born with a "purple thumb", Prunella prefers her to cultivate her strange, noxious garden over the company of people until a little boy visits and admires her prickly plants.